Click on the link below for ElderLawAnswers' latest state-by-state compilation of adoption and implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). (Spreadsheet is in Excel format.) The chart lists whether a state has adopted the DRA and the citation and a Web link where available. New additions to the list of adopting states are California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming. According to our sources, only Connecticut, Indiana and Illinois have not yet adopted the Act.
Of note, among the new adopters California, New Mexico have opted for the more generous $750,000 home equity limit whereas Hawaii, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming will not pay for nursing home care for senior citizens who have more than $500,000 of equity in their homes.
The information is ElderLawAnswers' update of a chart originally compiled by Massachusetts ElderLawAnswers member attorney Hyman Darling for an elder law course he teaches at the Western New England College School of Law. The chart gives the latest information available as of July 17, 2009.
Help us continue to update the chart by letting us know of new developments in your state. E-mail ken@elderlawanswers.com
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